Z Com

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Z Com is a fictional international military organization, exclusive to the Necroa Virus. They are humanity's last defense against the zombie apocalypse, and serves as the player's main challenge while evolving the Necroa Virus.

General Information

Z Com is an international military organization and main antagonist dedicated against the Necroa Virus' zombies.

After Cytopathic Reanimation becomes active with zombies unleashed, Z Com declares their presence. They will fortify a randomly selected country that is either untouched by the plague or is relatively less infected. Then, they will begin to slaughter any zombies within the country. Z Com forts start out weak, but their strength will scale on said country's population, and escalates over time. Provided if they survive for extended periods, they will continue to fortify other countries.

There is no specific combat mechanic against Z Com. Forts fall if zombies there have significant strength or if the population dies out - whichever comes first.

Tips

  • If Z Com is activated in an island country like Greenland send Zombies there as soon as possible - Easily fortified countries will result in Z Com establishing powerful defenses there rapidly. Conversely, they are also incredibly weak
  • The right side of the symptom tree is often better when used against Z Com. A pinch of the symptoms on the right allows slow zombies to have minor and significant battle advantages.
  • Sending zombie hordes constantly can be a useful technique but will depend on the symptoms and abilities you have evolved. Eventually, if enough zombies are in one country, they will soon destroy it. The only way to stop Z com for good is to constantly send hordes to the country/region they are in.
  • If Z Com are left alone long enough a news popup will appear saying that "citizens are armed and ready for anything", this is usually a few in-game months before Z Com go to fortify another country.

Trivia

  • Since zombies can't be cured, Z Com is the only antagonistic organization that does not assist in cure development.
  • Z Com was inspired by X-Com from the X-Com series, which is a fictional organization specialized in terminating extraterrestrials.
  • Z Com could also be named after TechCom, the resistance faction from the Terminator franchise.
  • Z Com resembles Zomcon, an organization that also deals with zombies in the 2006 film Fido, although Z Com kills zombies instead of trying to tame them.
  • Z-Com is the Necroa Virus equivalent of Gen-Sys from the Simian Flu DLC and the Templars from the Shadow Plague.
  • While the country's government may collapse, Z Com may reinstate a new government and continue funding cure research, albeit at a much slower rate.
  • Usually, the Z Com bases are destroyed whenever 100% of the country's population is zombified or dead.
  • However, there are rare cases of the Z Com main base being overwhelmed by zombies before the population is completely killed; in this situation, the combat advantage is greatly reduced and the zombies will destroy the region.
  • It is also possible for the HQ to have a security breach, resulting in the loss of higher command and reducing the combat advantage of the populace in the Z Com-controlled country, making it vulnerable to your attacks.
  • When a base is destroyed it displays the text "The Z Com base in (country) was destroyed by an overwhelming force of zombies, there were no survivors." and an icon of white zombie hands pulling open green blast doors. This unlocks the Z Com: Enemy Undead achievement.
  • The icon of the Z-Com appears to show a M4A1 Carbine rifle equipped with a M203 40mm grenade launcher, a Trijicon 4x ACOG scope and what appears to be a PEQ box.

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